On the evening of December 21, 2023, the "CCG Thought Corner: COP28 Review and Prospects" event hosted by the Center for Globalization (CCG) and organized by the "Young Leaders Dialogue (GYLD)" project and the Global Shapers Beijing II community was successfully held in the lecture hall of CCG headquarters, where many COP28 participants made wonderful sharing and interacted with more than 50 professionals from many countries in various fields. 
In his speech, Dr. Miao Lu, Co-Founder and Secretary-General of CCG and Founder of GYLD, introduced the CCG's side event on climate change at the Munich Security Conference, and invited China's Special Envoy on Climate Change, the U.S. Ambassador to China, the European Union Ambassador to China, the UAE Ambassador to China, the former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and other guests to hold a roundtable on climate change and other related activities at the 9th China and Globalization Forum. She also introduced that the GYLD project has set up climate change forums at previous annual meetings, and has held related activities with the Pakistani Embassy in China and the International Committee of the Red Cross. She said that in the future, CCG is willing to continue to work on this important global governance issue and carry out in-depth cooperation with relevant institutions and experts. 
Mr. Ma Jun, founder of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), participated in COP28 as an expert, participated in a number of international discussions, and co-released two China-related reports. In his keynote speech, he gave a comprehensive review of the climate change conference, and analyzed and looked forward to the important consensus reached at the conference, such as tripling renewable energy in the year of loss and damage. During the interaction, he also talked about his thoughts and practices on how to do a good job in coping with other environmental problems and responding to climate change. 
Hu Yinan, Director of Public Affairs at Huawei, also shared why companies should participate in the climate change conference from the perspective of the private sector, as well as Huawei's vision for climate change and the related work carried out at COP28. His speech also aroused great interest from the audience, and there was a lively interaction on how small and medium-sized enterprises can participate in the action on climate change. 
Subsequently, Laurent Arribe, Senior Global Business Development Manager of the San Francisco Bay Area Council, Marie-Claire Graf, Co-Founder of the Young Negotiators Academy and Corporate Sustainability Week, Olesia Ermakova, Director of Community Communications for Global Shapers Beijing II and Climate Reality Advocate, Huw, Energy & Climate Expert and Project Manager of the EU-China Environmental Cooperation Program Slater), Zhu Weiqing, founder of Shanghai Bao Carbon New Energy Environmental Protection Technology, and Raymond Aitibasa Atanga, a doctoral student at the School of Management of the University of International Business and Economics and a researcher on climate change, discussed their feelings about COP28 and their prospects for the future from their respective perspectives. The event was co-chaired by CCG Fellow Ming Zhu and CCG Deputy Director and Project Manager Zhao Zhanjie of the International Youth Leaders Dialogue (GYLD). 
Laurent Arribe shared the importance of local action on climate change and suggestions for U.S.-China local cooperation. Marie-Claire Graff shared how to empower and opportunities young people to participate in climate change. Ollie shared her experience of participating in climate change for the first time, and suggested that future conferences should give more opportunities for young people who are more affected by climate change to participate and speak out. Raymond Aitibasa Atanga discussed how to better help countries in the Global South, represented by Africa, achieve energy transition from the perspective of finance and technology transfer. 
Hu Wa and Zhu Weiqing focused on the professional field of carbon market. Huwa believes that there has been no progress in the international carbon market's product standards. Zhu Weiqing also has a similar view on this. At the same time, she also shared her story of participating in the climate change conference many times, showing the rapid development and broad potential of China's carbon market in recent years. She also believes that future cooperation among developing countries on carbon markets is worth looking forward to. 
After that, the audience and guests had an interactive Q&A session on how young people can better participate in the climate change conference and how to do a good job in climate communication. After the official agenda of the event, although it was very late, everyone still actively exchanged in-depth exchanges with relevant guests, and was reluctant to leave for a long time. The CCG Thought Corner aims to create a brand of ideas exchange activities that encourage all participants to communicate and interact on an equal footing in a relaxed atmosphere, and stimulate ideas, which is welcomed by professionals at home and abroad.